Day 19 - Downgrade

Finally gave in and bought a lighter resistance band for the shoulder exercises. I have to say I'm much happier now doing the davincis and forward shoulder raises! Previously after a few reps I pretty much couldn't raise my arm high enough and I felt that I was using the wrong muscles and had poor form as a result. This was pretty much how high I could raise after a few reps:

After I got the new ones I could at least consistently raise above my shoulders now (probably don't need to raise that high in the actual exercise, just to show the difference):

After the whole exercise my shoulders are still definitely burning but I fee like I'm working the correct group of muscles now. Hopefully my shoulders will get strong enough so I can upgrade back to the original band!

Another "downgrade" I had to do was the pull-ups. I saw full pull-ups on the set of exercises, got excited, and... realized I could barely do a few, so the full 3 sets of pull-ups was definitely a no-go. The incline pull-ups were still pretty hard still, so may be a little while before I can convert to doing the full ones.

The jump ropes are going well though. Managed to pull in record time 2 days ago and finished the 850 jumps in 15 minutes. When I started could barely finish 300 jumps in 30 minutes! It was in the afternoon so may have helped though. Usually when I do it in the morning or at night I don't quite have as much energy.